Fifth Grade Music at Home
One More Activity...
~ for the last week of school - June 15th to 22nd, 2020! ~
NOT REQUIRED
If you are finished with your MTV Project and want to enjoy one more Music Activity
*Click here to see your three options on the Music Connections Page*
or
Click here to do find the activities in Google Classroom
MOVING UP SONG for the 5th Grade class of 2020
- click the picture below to practice with Mr. Mello in a guided rehearsal video
Click here to LOG MUSIC ACTIVITIES you have completed recently
Fill out the Google Form to help Mr. Mello keep track of your Music Activities
Fill out the Google Form to help Mr. Mello keep track of your Music Activities
Virtual Talent Show - optional for the whole school
Click here to SHARE YOUR MUSIC on FlipGrid
Post a video of you singing, dancing, playing an instrument, or doing whatever you do to enjoy music.
Click here to SHARE YOUR MUSIC on FlipGrid
Post a video of you singing, dancing, playing an instrument, or doing whatever you do to enjoy music.
Evolution of Popular Music in America
The MTV Era - 1980s and 90s Pop Music
Motown - 1960's to 1980's
MOTOWN MAGIC (rated TV-Y)
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This interview (below) with Berry Gordy, Jr. is a good way to see him in more recent years (2015) and understand how his Motown Music impacts our lives today.
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This short documentary (below) explains the importance of Motown Music during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and shows good clips of the most famous performers.
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MOTOWN Music Project Options
Choose one of the projects below
**Focus on doing one of these projects**
Use everything else on this page to help you complete the project.
Use everything else on this page to help you complete the project.
Activity #1 - (posted on 3/16)
BRAINPOP Research
BRAINPOP Research
- Watch the Movie - TAKE NOTES on your activity sheet, or in your notebook
- Take the Quiz - WRITE the complete ANSWERS (not "A" "B" "C" "D") on your activity sheet, or in your notebook
- Do Related Reading - TAKE NOTES for at least 2 of the 4 articles - on your activity sheet, or in your notebook
Note: BrainPop sign in...
MMS username = merrittmemorial EHB username = edwardbryan password (for both schools) = brainpop
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Activity #2 - (posted on 3/16)
LISTEN to EXPLORE
LISTEN to EXPLORE
- Listen to at least four of the nine Motown mp3 recordings below
- Write down your thoughts about each song - in your notebook, or on blank paper.
- Does it remind you of anything else?
- Is there a story being told in the song?
- What feelings, or emotions, do the singers express?
- What kind of voices do you hear? Is it one voice or many?
- Which instruments can you hear?
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Activity #3 - (posted on 3/25)
VIEW and COMPARE
VIEW and COMPARE
- Watch at least four of the nine Motown videos below
- Write down your thoughts about each performance - in your notebook, or on blank paper.
- Does it remind you of anything else?
- How does the movement effect your feelings about the song?
- What feelings, or emotions, do the dancers express?
- What kind of movement / dance do you notice? Do they all move together, or make separate moves?
- Which instruments can you hear?